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  <title>Open Congress : Comments on S.2428 National STEM Scholarship Database Act</title>
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  <updated>2008-02-15T06:36:16Z</updated>
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    <title>New comment by Anonymous</title>
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    <updated>2008-02-15T06:36:16Z</updated>
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      <name>Anonymous</name>
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Why don't they save the our money and tell people to use google. I found the following sites through google and the current educationusa.state.gov website.  
 
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a name="search"&gt;Find Financial Aid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
                   &lt;a href="http://www.petersons.com/educationusa/" class="link02"&gt;Peterson's "Find-a-School" Search Engine (with new financial aid search feature)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.fundingusstudy.org/wbs/cont_edit.asp" class="link02" title="Database of scholarships, fellowships and grants organized and maintained by the Institute of International Education (IIE). Includes all types of funding programs, for all levels of post-secondary study, across the full range of academic areas."&gt;IIE Funding for US Study Online&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.internationalscholarships.com/browse.php" class="link02"&gt;InternationalScholarhips.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://highered.cois.org/Resources/Scholarships.htm" class="link02" title="website that lists scholarships available to international students. Also includes a link to the 2005-06 summary chart of financial aid at CIS member institutions. Chart has information on non-US merit, need, and athletic aid (for international students), plus the average amount."&gt;Council of International Schools Scholarship List&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.oacac.com/docs/IntlFinAid.xls" class="link02" title="lists 100+ U.S. schools, how many international student they enrolled, and the amount of financial aid awarded to international students."&gt;
OACAC List of Financial Aid Awarded to International Students&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;
                   &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a name="external"&gt;External Financial Aid Sites (with options for international students)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
                   &lt;table width="87%" border="1"&gt;
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                       &lt;td width="277"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chase.com/educationfirst" class="link02"&gt;Chase Manhattan Bank&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td width="254"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iefa.org"class="link02"&gt;International Education Financial Aid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
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                       &lt;td width="277"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.studentloan.com" class="link02"&gt;Citibank Student Loan Corporation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td width="254"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gmsp.org" class="link02"&gt;Gates Millennium Scholars Program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
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                       &lt;td width="277"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.collegescholarships.com" class="link02" &gt;College Connection Scholarships&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td width="254"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.Key.com/educate"class="link02"&gt;Key Education Resources&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
                     &lt;tr&gt;
                       &lt;td width="277"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.college-scholarships.com" class="link02"&gt;College Scholarship Search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td width="254"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nextstudent.com/ " class="link02"&gt;NextStudent Loans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
                     &lt;tr&gt;
                       &lt;td width="277"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.educaid.com" class="link02"&gt;Educaid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td width="254"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.scholarshipexperts.com/?sourceid=edu_USA"class="link02" &gt;Scholarship Experts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
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                       &lt;td width="277"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.estudentloan.com" class="link02"&gt;eStudent Loan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
                       &lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td width="254"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.srnexpress.com"class="link02" &gt;Scholarship Resource Network&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
                     &lt;tr&gt;
                       &lt;td width="277"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fastweb.com"class="link02" &gt;Fast Web&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td width="254"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.srnexpress.com"class="link02" &gt;Scholarship Resource Network&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
                     &lt;tr&gt;
                       &lt;td width="277"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/scholarship/" class="link02"&gt;Federal Trade Commission: Scholarship Scams&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td width="254"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sssc.com"class="link02" &gt;Southwest Student Services Corporation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
                     &lt;tr&gt;
                       &lt;td width="277"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.finaid.org" class="link02"&gt;FinAid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td width="254"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.studentloannetwork.com/" class="link02"&gt;Student Loan Network&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
                     &lt;tr&gt;
                       &lt;td width="277"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theoldschool.org"class="link02" &gt;Financial Aid Resource Center&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td width="254"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.supercollege.com" class="link02"&gt;Super College&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
                     &lt;tr&gt;
                       &lt;td width="277"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fundsnetservices.com"class="link02" &gt;Fundsnet Online Services&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td width="254"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.uncf.org"class="link02" &gt;United Negro College Fund&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;
                       &lt;td width="277"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iefc.com"class="link02"&gt;International Education Finance Corporation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td width="254"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.usbank.com/studentloans"class="link02" &gt;U.S. Bank Student Loans&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
                   &lt;/table&gt;
                   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="#top" class="link02"&gt;Back to the top &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
                   &lt;br&gt;
                   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="sports"&gt;Sports Scholarships&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;table width="90%" border="1"&gt;
                     &lt;tr&gt;
                       &lt;td width="50%"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/register/start?ref=google_athletic-1f--http%3a%2f%2fpagead2%2egooglesyndication%2ecom%2fpagead%2fads%3fclient%3dca%2dpub%2d9438538612904552%26dt%3d1170346085677%26lmt%3d1170346083%26format%3d120x600_as%26output%3dhtml%26url%3dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww%2ecollegerecruiting%2ecom%252F%26color_bg%3dFFFFFF%26color_text%3d999999%26color_link%3dE1771E%26color_url%3dF2984C%26color_border%3d000000%26ad_type%3dtext_image%26ref%3dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww%2eeducationusa%2estate%2egov%252Ffinaidlinks%2ehtm%26cc%3d99%26u_h%3d768%26u_w%3d1024%26u_ah%3d738%26u_aw%3d1024%26u_cd%3d32%26u_tz%3d%2d300%26u_his%3d9%26u_java%3dtrue" class="link02"&gt;Fast Web Scholarships for Athletes&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
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                       &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://nacda.collegesports.com"class="link02"&gt;National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
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                       &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www2.ncaa.org/"class="link02"&gt;National Collegiate Athletic Association&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
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                       &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nsr-inc.com/"class="link02"&gt;National Scouting Report&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
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                   &lt;/table&gt;
                   &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
                  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="engineering"&gt;Opportunities for Students of Engineering&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
                  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.societyofwomenengineers.org/scholarships/brochure.aspx"class="link02" &gt;Society of Women Engineers&lt;/a&gt;
                  &lt;br&gt;
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                  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;
                       &lt;b&gt;&lt;a name="special"&gt;Opportunities for Students with Special Needs:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
                   &lt;table width="94%" border="1"&gt;
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                       &lt;td width="50%"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aucd.org/"class="link02" &gt;American Association of University Affiliated Programs For Persons With Developmental Disabilities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td width="50%"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ExceptionalNurse.com"class="link02" &gt;Exceptional Nurse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
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                       &lt;td width="50%"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.acb.org" class="link02"&gt;American Council of the Blind&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td width="50%"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.add.org" class="link02"&gt;National Attention Deficit Disorder Association&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
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                       &lt;td width="50%"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ahead.org" class="link02"&gt;Association on Higher Education and Disability&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td width="50%"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ncld.org"class="link02" &gt;National Center for Learning Disabilities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
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                       &lt;td width="50%"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chadd.org" class="link02"&gt;Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td width="50%"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nichcy.org" class="link02"&gt;National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
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                       &lt;td width="50%"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dssc.org" class="link02"&gt;Disabilities Studies and Services Center&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td width="50%"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm" class="link02" &gt;U.S. Dept. of Justice Americans with Disabilities Act&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
                   &lt;/table&gt;
                   

                   &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;
                       &lt;b&gt;&lt;a name="diverse"&gt;Opportunities for Students from Different Cultural/ Ethnic Backgrounds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
                   &lt;table width="90%" border="1"&gt;
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                       &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://collegefund.org" class="link02"&gt;American Indian College Fund&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hsf.net" class="link02"&gt;Hispanic Scholarship Fund&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
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                       &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aihec.org" class="link02"&gt;American Indian Higher Education Consortium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://hbcuconnect.com/cgi-bin/scholarships.cgi" class="link02"&gt;Historically Black Colleges and Universities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
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                       &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aimd.org" class="link02"&gt;American Institute for Managing Diversity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu/hbcu/index.html" class="link02"&gt;Historically Black Colleges and Universities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
                     &lt;tr&gt;
                       &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.black-collegian.com/" class="link02"&gt;Black Collegian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jbhe.com" class="link02"&gt;Journal of Blacks In Higher Education&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
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                       &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.BlackExcel.org" class="link02"&gt;Black Excel: The College Help Network&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://scholarships.fatomei.com/" class="link02"&gt;Minority Scholarships and Fellowships&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
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                       &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oela/index.html?src=mr" class="link02"&gt;Department of Education/Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.naacp.org" class="link02"&gt;National Association for the Advancement of Colored People&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
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                       &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gmsp.org" class="link02"&gt;Gates Millennium Scholars Fund&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://qemnetwork.qem.org" class="link02"&gt;Quality Education for Minorities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
                     &lt;tr&gt;
                       &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hillel.org" class="link02"&gt;Hillel: Jewish Campus Life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/education.html" class="link02"&gt;Tribal Colleges, Native Studies Programs, and Indian Education&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
                     &lt;tr&gt;
                       &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hacu.net" class="link02"&gt;Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                       &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.uncf.org" class="link02"&gt;United Negro College Fund&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                     &lt;/tr&gt;
                   &lt;/table&gt;
    
                 
 





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I think I just saved our governement (the taxpayers) about a billion dollars. 
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    <title>New comment by Anonymous</title>
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    <updated>2008-02-15T06:37:49Z</updated>
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      <name>Anonymous</name>
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Why don't they save the our money and tell people to use google. I found the following sites through google and the current educationusa.state.gov website.  

http://educationusa.state.gov/finaidlinks.htm


I think I just saved our governement (the taxpayers) about a billion dollars. 
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